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Ärende: Blessing in the City
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

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      Sunday 02-06 / Blessing in the City
      Robert Prodoehl
      Feb 5, 2005


Blessing in the City

"If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, blessed shalt thou
be in the city" (Deuteronomy 28:2-3).

The city is full of care, and he who has to go there from day to day finds it
to be a place of great wear and tear. It is full of noise, and stir, and
bustle, and sore travail; many are its temptations, losses, and worries. But to
go there with the divine blessing takes off the edge of its difficulty; to
remain there with that blessing is to find pleasure in its duties and strength
equal to its demands. A blessing in the city may not make us great, but it will
keep us good; it may not make us rich, but it will preserve us honest. Whether
we are porters, or clerks, or managers, or merchants, or magistrates, the city
will afford us opportunities for usefulness. It is good fishing where there are
shoals of fish, and it is hopeful to work for our LORD amid the thronging
crowds. We might prefer the quiet of a country life; but if called to town, we
may certainly prefer it because there is room for our energies. Today let us
expect good things because of this promise, and let our care be to have an open
ear to the voice of the LORD and a ready hand to execute His bidding. Obedience
brings the blessing. "In keeping his commandments there is great reward."
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588 C.M. W. GADSBY
The Beggar. Mark 10. 46, 47; Ps. 34. 6; 72. 12

1 A limping beggar, clothed in rags; Disgraceful and forlorn;
In self a mass of hateful dregs,
In Satan's image born;

2 To Jesus comes, with all his woes, And loud for mercy cries;
And mercy, like a river, flows
From Jesus' heart and eyes.

3 He takes the rebel to his breast, And, with a touch divine,
Heals him of all his wretchedness,
And makes his face to shine.

4 Himself he binds by oath and blood, To take the wretch to bliss;
Then gives his soul a glimpse of God, And kills him with a kiss.

5 Salvation unto God belongs!
Amen! we'll bless his name;
And when we have immortal tongues,
We'll still repeat the same.

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